SUPER DERBY FROM LOUISIANA DOWNS FEATURED SATURDAY ON ESPN
"NTRA RACING TO THE BREEDERS' CUP" SERIES

The $500,000 Super Derby from Louisiana Downs Saturday will be the focus of
a 30-minute program from 4:00-4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN as the "NTRA Racing to
the Breeders' Cup" countdown continues with six weeks to go before the
Breeders' Cup Championship at Churchill Downs on Sat., Nov. 4.

The Super Derby for 3-year-olds at the 1¼ miles distance of the Breeders'
Cup Classic will feature an East-West matchup between Bob and Beverly Lewis'
Belmont Stakes winner COMMENDABLE and Cecelia Straub-Rubens' late-blooming
California-based star TIZNOW.

Commendable was an 18-to-1 upset winner of the Belmont for trainer D. Wayne
Lukas and it was only the second victory in the Gone West colt's career, as
well as first this year. The inconsistent chestnut followed that victory
with disappointing efforts in the Dwyer at Belmont and Haskell Invitational
at Monmouth, but did finish an even third last out in the historic Travers
Stakes at Saratoga.

California homebred Tiznow will be making only his seventh career start in
the Super Derby for trainer Jay Robbins. The son of Cee's Tizzy is a full
brother to 1999 Breeders' Cup Classic runner-up Budroyale and won the
Affirmed Stakes at Hollywood Park in early July after breaking his maiden in
his previous start.

Tiznow took a big step up when second to Captain Steve in the Swaps Stakes
in his fifth start and reached another level when second to Skimming in the
Pacific Classic at Del Mar in his first try against older horses on Aug. 26,
his last start.

A field of only six or seven is expected for Saturday's race with John
Franks' KISS A NATIVE invading from Woodbine in Canada and New Farm and
William S. Farish's MASS MARKET shipping in from New Jersey. Kiss A Native
is a homebred son of Franks' stallion Kissin Kris, third in the 1993 Classic
at Santa Anita. Kiss A Native won the Col. R.S. McLaughlin Handicap at
Woodbine on Sept. 16.

Mass Market is trained by Ben Perkins, Jr. and based at Monmouth Park. The
chestnut colt by Marquetry won the West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Park
last month and rallied for second on a very sloppy track in the Pennsylvania
Derby at Philadelphia Park earlier this month.